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Sudanese authorities
have a long history of closing newspapers and silencing journalists. But the
government security agents who carry out official censorship have launched a
new strategy this year that focuses on economic impoverishment--leaving newspapers
more vulnerable than ever.

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New York, August 23, 2011--The Committee
to Protect Journalists is disturbed by the continued violations of press
freedom in Sudan. In August, Sudanese security services confiscated two newspapers, and on Monday, local journalists reported that the Sudanese National Assembly was
considering introducing more restrictive press and publication laws that would
further suffocate freedom of expression.

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New York, January 31, 2011--Journalists in the Middle East are experiencing increased harassment amid rapidly spreading street protests throughout the region, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. CPJ is gravely concerned about reports of attacks against journalists not only in Egypt, as CPJ has previously reported, but also in Yemen and Sudan.